As people across the world adapt to the reality of life under lockdown, we bring you six curious coronavirus moments from Africa. "This 71-year-old man is still strong," Ousainou Darboe told the BBC, after managing to complete just 10 push-ups but vowing to reach 25 in the future. I'm challenging all other leaders in the country to do the same thing, so that African leaders are [not] just people who are sedentary." It might have been an inspiration for Uganda's 75-year-old president, who released an indoor exercise video on Thursday - a day after banning exercise in public. Doctors confirmed to the BBC that they rushed the infant to the neonatal ward to prevent her catching the virus.

Source: The Star April 12, 2020 06:22 UTC